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Testimonial 2: Erasmus Mundus Global Studies at RUC

With its interdisciplinary approach, RUC allowed me to understand more about the wide academic field that is out there. I took a break from studying after my bachelor’s degree to work for a few years, so when returning for my master’s, I was unsure what exactly would be the

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Testimonial 1: Erasmus Mundus Global Studies at Roskilde University

At RUC, every assignment or project work feels real. I felt like I was a researcher rather than a student working on her homework. This is why I became more confident in myself and in my ability to contribute to academic research through my knowledge. Being surrounded by professionals

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Return to Wrocław – on romanticizing your student home

Our Global Studies-Alumn Ingo Nordmann spend a year in Wrocław during his studies. Ten years later, he revisits the city. Read his article „Return to Wrocław – on romanticizing your student home“ here on The Leipzig Glocal – Leipzig’s International Web Magazine (leipglo.com)

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Global Studies goes public: How a seminar has inspired me to write an article on EU foreign policy on the Balkans

The European Union currently faces a myriad of challenges. Europe is hardest struck by a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a high probability that one of the economically most important member states will leave the union without a trade agreement by the end of this year,

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Together Apart: EMGS Hosts First-Ever Virtual Alumni Conference

Two weeks ago, the Global and European Studies Institute launched our first-ever virtual alumni conference to celebrate EMGS’s 15th anniversary as a master’s program. Supported through funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the conference included ten alumni panels and roundtables, four lectures from scholars and activists, and

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Global Studies in Ghent 2020: Starting a master’s degree in times of global uncertainty

The classes for the EMGS Ghent University cohort started much earlier than the other universities, even before the semester at the University of Leipzig had formally started. On one hand, summer ended before autumn, but on the other hand this gave us time to meet before the second, more

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“Resilience in the Face of Global Challenges”: Upcoming EMGS Alumni Conference will offer food for thought

In the lead-up to our EMGS Alumni Conference this week, we are looking forward to alumni (and current Global Studies students) from all over the world joining the conference to speak on panels, connect with one another, touch base with friends, and everything in between. Relevant topics like the

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Mobilities under the Global Condition in times of crisis: Annual Conference at the Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe)

The Fifth Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1199: “Processes of Spatialization under the global Condition” is committed to “The Making and Unmaking of Spatial Orders: Mobilities under the Global Condition from the 19th Century to the Present”. Researchers from Germany, Austria, Finland, the UK, the USA, and Canada

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